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Archive | September 2013

Myspace
I really like Myspace now however I have received several ‘messages’ from guys wanting to ‘know me better’.
Um…
No.
I am not on Myspace to look for men to connect with.
I am happily with someone already.
I am there for the music/artists only.
If you want to connect and talk music then that’s fine…otherwise move on.
Thank you very much.

Guitar
I am now taking professional guitar lessons and am moving forward.
It’s fun now that I am practicing bits of songs instead of just individual chords.

Country Meadow
As of this weekend I am no longer a small business owner.
I can’t tell you how good it feels to know my work of 14 years is now in the hands of someone who can take it where I didn’t.

Fall
Yes fall is officially here as of Sunday.
While I love the wind, rain, and occasional thunder storm I am not a fan of shorter days.
I’m going to really hate it getting dark at 5!

My mom used to make this growing up.
I had not made it in a very long time.

Made it last night and the entire family gave it a huge thumbs up!!!
(thanks mom for sending me the recipe again!!)

We have 7 in the family and it was more than enough for dinner and there is plenty of leftovers.
It is also relatively cheap and extremely easy to make.

Notes:

I was pressed for time so I didn’t make meatballs but used premade frozen ones..thawed.
The recipe calls for 5 cups of tomato juice. I used almost 6 which ended up being the entire huge can of tomato juice.
The recipe calls for 12 oz. of rotini noodles. I used the entire 16 oz. package.
Even though I used extra tomato juice with the extra noodles I think I should have added an extra 1/2 cup of water and will do so next time.

In bowl combine hamb., bread crumbs, onion, salt, pepper and evaporated milk mixing lightly but thoroughly.
Shape into 20 meatballs.
In large skillet over medium heat add butter until melted.
Add meatballs and brown evenly on all sides.
Cook until almost done.

Push meatballs to one side and add tomato juice, spag. sauce mis and water.
Blend well and bring to a boil.
Stir in noodles and olives.
Cover skillet and reduce heat to simmer.
Cook for approx. 15 minutes, stirring occasionally until noodles are done.

Why can’t we disassemble and recycle?
I’m hoping these abandoned places were left long ago…before recycling was mainstream.
And in present times instead of just leaving everything behind we now find new uses for unwanted things and recycle the materials that can be.

I admit these pictures are really really cool…
But to me they are heartbreaking at the same time.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Place a skillet over medium heat and add the sausage.
Break up the sausage as it cooks, letting it brown completely.
Unroll the crescent rolls and spread them out in the bottom of a 9×13 pan, pressing the seams together to make one large sheet of dough.
Spread the sausage over the dough.
Sprinkle the cheese on top of the sausage.
In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk, oregano, salt, and pepper.
Pour the egg mixture over the top of the casserole.
Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes until the crust is golden and the eggs are set.